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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
Spirits OF the Mines.

It is very old fancy says the Philadel
phia cal that mines are inhabited by
spirits, who are jealous Of their treasures
and of very resentful character. In
early days these spirits assumed the forms
of serpents, especially in Egyptian le
gends, and to such an extent that they
were regarded as the gods of metals, the
most famous being Hoa, the serpent god
of Chaldea, master of all wisdom and
guardian of the treasures Of the mines.
The belief that evil spirits guard the
treasures Of the emerald mines is as com
mon among the Peruvians as it was
among the Scythians in the time Of
Pliny In Sardinia the ancient silver
mines are rarely entered from dread Of a
venomous spider called the solifttgd, so
named from avoiding the sun. Their bite
was considered fatal. The traditions are
unworthy of belief, but no doubt such a
spider was found in the silver mines, for
Agricola mentions the fact and gave them
the name Of tucJtqd.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
Queer Names of Post Oilees.

have been looking over the list of 55,
143 post offices in the United States and
find some very funny names. If we wish
to create a man out of the names, we
will find Blood in Kentucky and Meat
and Bone in North Carolina. If we pre-
fer getting portions of the body com
plete, we have an Eye in North Carolina,
Mouth in Oregon, Foot in Tennessee,
Leg, Shinbone and Head in Alabama,
Breast in Missouri, Hand in Dakota,
Finger in Mississippi and Knee in
California. To clothe the man, we will
get Hat in Georgia, Pants in North
Carolina, Coat in Ohio, and Moccasin in
Illinois. If the man don't want to wear
moccasins he will have to go barefooted,
as there is no boot or shoe on the list,
although there is Shoemaker in Cali
fornia and Shoeheel in North Carolina.
If we had created women instead of a
man she would have been compelled to
go almost naked, for the only article of
female apparel to be found on the list is
Bonnet in South Carolina. For food,
the man can have an Oyster, Bread
Coffee, Sugar, Rabbit, Hash, and, if he is
not a teetotaler, can take Drop in Texas
In fact, he will find anything he needs
ON the list, and when his wants are
ended there is Coffin waiting for him in
Knox county, Tennessee Globe Demo
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
Practice With Repeating Rifles.

The company l saw had but little prac
tice, and were getting reprimands from
half dozen officers standing beside the
drill sergeant for the slowness of their
movements but to a non military eye
nothing could be more machine-like
says a Metz letter to the London Pal
Mall Gazette. The repeating rifle differs
from the ordinary rifle in the fact that the
stock, instead of stopping short where it
it is grasped by the left hand, is prolonged
to within an inch of the end of the bar
rel. This constitutes the reservoir Of
cartridges. The firing consists of three
movements--the ''ready,n during which
each man gives sharp turn to the right
to little lever above the lock of his gun,
and the familiar "present" and ''ire."
The company stood four deep, the two
front ranks firing while the two rear
ranks recharged their magazines. So
rapid were the movements that the mag
azine, holding ten or twelve cartridges,
/ forgot which, was emptied, with per-
ceptible allowance each time for rapid
aim, in ten seconds. The thought of
what would happen to any body of men
exposed to half minute of firing like this
made the spectacle most appalling. A
stolid looking German by my side, who,
as afterward learned, had been of the
landwehr in the war, expressed his feel
ing in one Schauderhaftr p (terri-
ble) he exclaimed under his breath.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A hero of the pen-The prize pig.
There are some men so mean that to
call them hog is libel on pork. Pail
ddelphia call.
81 was raped in sIuanber,r said the
tramp as the policeman hit him with
club Washington Critic.
Omaha restaurants fill an order for
mock turtle soup with bowl OF Missouri
River water unfltered. Boston Globe.
Notwithstanding the astonishing fact
that the sovereigns of the earth continue
to reign, the weather is unusually dry
Maple LegJ.
A Burlington milkman has discovered
some gold-bearing quarts. They con
tain about pint and half each.-B9r-
liRgtOn Free Press.
A Burlington policeman declares that
he has to handle about as many pieces of
male matter as they do at the postotfice.
-Burliagt0n Free Press.
Prepare to heave the deep-drawn sigh.
And wrestle with distressing grief,
And actuate pains of nightmare brief,
And all because of that mince pie.
Chicago National
A French farmer writes to his landlord:
81 have great deal of stock on hand.
II you want an OK, an ass or pig, please
remember your obedient servant n--Pdris
Gdul0is.
A photographer has succeeded in TAX.
ing an instantaneous picture of the flight
of curved ball thrown by $40, 600
pitcher. 1t is said to resemble pro-
cession of inebriated corkscrcws Norris
tOpn Herald.
A waste of good material. He was
from Missouri and he stood looking at
the high telegraph poles in admiration.
"Finc poles" said policeman who was
passing. "Yes, but what waste Of
good MATERIAL said the visitor. 'I'll
bet you we can wait here all day without
seeing a single lynching. Judge.
Mr.. De Sickly has called upon Bobby's
sister, and is waiting for that young lady
to make her appearance. Bobby enters
in the meantime De Siclxly with .
grin)-"How de do, Bobby9 Don't you
know mel Come and tell me what's my
name" Bobby We'll, sir, if it amt
Just as Sis said you haven't sense enough
to know what your name is. If you'll
wait minute, pll find out for you.
heard p2 say he had you onrtSe -ifist, 81 :
guess he must kf0w your name. - 7'era,
| ISiffiu0S
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
Hogs Can Swim.

There is an old tradition that hogs
can't swim, and on this is founded the
twice told tale of the devil entering in
to hogs in the country of the Gadarenes,
causing them TO run violently down a
steep bank into the sea, where they were
choked. The idea is that the sharp
cloven hoof of the hog comes up against
his throat in his effort 10 paddle and
cuts it. All this is bosh. Hogs, if
given half chance, become expert
swimmers. know of an old SOW eight
OF ten years old that has been kept for
breeding purposes up among the Nauga-
tuck hills of Connecticut that can rival
Boyton as an expert in the water. Her
pen is on the bank of Mad river and runs
down TO the water. Her only way OF
getting out Of it is by water. Once a
day during the summer she takes a swim
10 a little island located in the centre OF
the river, and there she wallows till it i:
time to take her nightly rations, when al
the call of her owner she swims back tC
her pen, - CincinnGti Times Star
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

1t has been said that the hurts suffered
in pugilism are particularly severe, and
that few pains equal the pain resulting
from blow of the fist squarely and
forcibly delivered upon the nose. An
incident which goes to support this ale
CATION, is reported from Paris. A lion
tanner, in one of the Boulevard shows,
was set upon by powerful and irritable
old lion, whose cage he had entered, ac-
cording to habit, in the course of an en-
tertainment. The beast made his attack
without warning or particular cause, and
in an instant the man was upon his back,
between the lions paws, The spectators
screamed, thinking it was the end of the
lion tanner, but, like a flash, he was upon
his feet, and striking out with his right,
in accurate pugilistic style, landed his
fist upon the lions nose, with spat that
was heard all over the place. The hon
wheezed and sneezed and backed away,
shaking his head and shutting his eyes
as if dazed, while the man stepped
quickly, but with dignity, out of the
cage. The blow was good one, and if
il had fallen upon man would, undoubt-
edly have knocked him out" Evil
IDENTIFY, it made the lion tingle from the
spot where it was delivered to the tip Of
his dropping and spiritless tail.-7hs
Epoch,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
Among the Little Ones.

Little girl at breakfast table: 'Mam-
ma, this is very old butter. have found
"A gray hair in it,"
mamma, what is color blindl" asked
little Nell Inability to tell one color
from another, my dear. "Then guess
the man that made my geography is color
blind, because he's got Greenland down
painted yellow"
flames, do you love your sister2"
"Yes, SIR" 'Well, show me how you
love her." The boy stood still, not know
ing what to do. "James, how do ex-
press my love for your mother2n ooh,
you give her some bank notes, but amt
got any"
Alice, three years old, has seen her
brothers velocipede oiled because it
squeaked. A few days ago she was sur
prised at the noise her teeth made and
said to her auntie; ~ dess my teef will
have to be dreased, cause they squeak !"
-BaJyhood
have a niece, a blight, logical little
maiden, aged four, brown eyed, golden
haired, with complexion like flower,
and most lovable mouth, full of varying
expressions. Carrie" / asked her,
"where did you get such big mouthl'
The flexible curves drew close as she
thought a moment. ''Well," she an
swered ''my mouth is piece Of me, and
I'm big, so my mouth is big. Sister
Raee
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

A medical plant is found in India
which destroys the power Of tasting
sugar. This plant, the gymnema sylves-
tire, grows in the Deccan and in the Assam
and on the Coromondel coast. BY chew
ing two or three leaves Of it a person may
extinguish his susceptibility 10 sweet
savors. Morbid cravings for sweetmeats
that injure indigestion may thus be cor
rected. As the gymnema is said, also to
diminish the power of enjoying a cigar,
great benefit may probably be derived
from it by imtemperate smokers. Candy
and cigarettes being the bane Of the
small boy, prudent parents may be ex-
pected to stock themselvs promptly with
gympema sylvestre. Nature
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

The next evening Baxter came to her.
They talked in the porch.
care you quite sure" he asked; care
you quite sure you have not made mis-
take this time2"
She drew more closely about her
shoulders a little scarlet shawl she
wore.
81 suppose you think don't know my
own mind, or rather that haven't any
mind to know"
''It looks very much like it, he an
swered, coolly.
She reflected for moment.
81 have always known my own mind, +"
she resumed, Except on one occasion"
Baxter was silent little space. Then
he moved nearer to her.
"Will you tell me what the occasion
was, and when2" he queried, softly.
She looked at him with tears yelling
up in her dusky eyes.
"You knowr She answered tremu.
ously, and laid her head upon his shoul
der, where it had always seemed to him
to belong l-Ne,o York Mercury.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
Car Horses.

The usefulness of a car horse extends
over period of about five years. Horses
are adaptable to this line of work at the
age of four, and at nine or ten, when in
their prime, they are cast off as worthless.
Such animals are expensive, some costing
as much as 5000 and 5000. When the day
of their usefulness is past they are sold to
farmers, hucksters and others at prices
ranging from $5 to $50. II is said that a
horse which has done five or six years
service before car is better adapted TO
ploughing than those beasts which have
been trained to that line of work. Ger
tainly, unless too much broken down,
they make good workers. - Brooklyn
LlrnLa
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

The medicine chest is as much q neces-
'<ity on trains as on ships. So think the
managers Of the Maine Central Railroad,
who have now provided each one Of their
conductors with emergency" cases, if
we may so call them, containing, besides
medicines, linen and rubber bandagcs,
surgical instruments and whatever else
may be needed by the conductor or the
chance doctor in cases of accident.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
Peas in the Pod.

The shelling of peas generally falls to
the young girl members of the household.
1t is rather tiresome everyone knows,
especially if the family is large one.
It may make this little domestic trial
less irksome to combine with it some
times little harmless romance which
is traditional among the Germans, who,
when shelling peas, watch for the pod
that holds nine perfect peas, but it is a
number seldom found. They run six,
seven and eight, but nine is the exception,
so the girl who is so lucky as to find nine
peas in one pod lays it under the doorstep
or gate The first man who passes over
it will be her husband before peas come
again. This is one of the many little
conce.ts that give little spice to every
day life. The Germans hold that peas
have an alleged virtue in cases of love,
very much the same as the English look
upon the mistletoe. In one part of Bo-
hemia the young maidens make garland
of five, seven or nine kinds of pea bios
SONS upon which they sleep. The num-
Der always is odd for luck. The dreams
are supposed to come true. Any one can
verify the truth of this little assertion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
BEFORE THE RAIN.

The blackcaps pipe among the reeds.
And there IL be rain TO follow;
There is a murmur as Of wind
In every coign and hollow;
The wrens do chatter Of their fears
While swinging on the barley-ears.
Come, hurry, while there yet is time,
Pull up thy scarlet bonnet
Now, sweetheart, as my love is thine.
There is drop upon it.
So trip it ere the storm-hag weird
Doth pluck the barley by the beard.
Lol not a whit too soon we're housed;
The storm-with yells above us;
The branches rapping on the panes
Seem not in truth to love us.
And look where through the clover bus
The nimble footed rain doth rushl
-Amelid Rires, in HdYper's
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
Useful Hints.

Use a warm knife in cutting bread and
the like.
Iron rust is removed by salt mixed with
lemon juice.
Egg shells crushed and shaken in glass
bottles half filed with water will clean
them easily.
The luster of morocco may be restored
by vanishing it with the white of an
egg. Apply with sponge.
Soap is often wasted on paint. A lit
tie ammonia in the cleaning water, or
whiting on a damp cloth will clean wood
much easier, and leave no yellow stain to
tell of its abuse.
Saleratus is excellent for removing
grease from woodwork which has not
been painted. Spread thickly over the
grease spots, moisten, and after it has
remained half hour wash off with tepid
soap suds.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

The only cities in the United States
having public baths are Boston, with
II; New York, Is; Philadelphia, 6;
Brooklyn, 3; Cleveland and Hartford,
each 1; and Buffalo, the number not
given. In New York, 3,43l, ose persons
bathed from June to October in 1888;
during the same time in Boston, 959, ,605,
and in Brooklyn, 225, ,ss5. In eighteen
cities where there are no public baths
only about % per cent. of the residences
are supplied with bath tubs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
The Largest Mhent y eld.

One of the largest wheat fields in the
world is that of ex-Congressman c. F.
Reed, of Stanislaus county, California.
1t consists of 10, 600 acres in one unbroken
stretch along the bank Of the San joaquin
river, and much of the land is protected
by levees, as the stream is higher thar
the shore. The grain this year is as high
as the back of a horse, and it is estimated
the yield will be forty bushel to the acre
This will give 400, 900 bushels, which
will load ten large vessels.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

Miss Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the we'll
known poet, says in the New Haven
Palladium: 'It is true that we are to
leave our Meriden home as soon as am
strong enough to travel to some seaside
resort. Our new location for the fall has
not yet been decided upon. We have no
idea of going West, and do not even
contemplate a visit there this summer.
Il is true that in my early residence in the
East thought the people cold and un-
sympathetic. missed the warm and
demonstrative affection which in the
land Of my birth my Western friends had
shown for me; but | never had the
egotism to say or think that my literary
attainments were not appreciated here.
have, on the contrary, felt for several
years that the public at large overesti-
mated me intellectually fact still
believe to be painfully true. During the
last month of severe illness and extreme
trial, the warm sympathy, tender solicit
tude and overwhelming kindness which
the people of Meriden have exhibited to
me and mine make me thoroughly
ashamed that ever thought them cold
or indifferent. 1t is a misfortune that
unwise words can never be unsaid-we
ear only regret having uttered them"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

.Aburglar has been writing some of his
Experiences for the press. He tells how
himself and a fellow thief followed Anna
Dickinson at one time and a theatrical
company at another bought tickets and
sent them as complimentaries to leading
citizens, aud then broke into their houses
while the families were enjoying the
complimentary.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
nIt is stated that thirty-thrce mission

A 1t is stated that thirty three mission
w societies now have workers in Africa.
Tho dark continent is encompassed on
every side, and, like the divisions of an
investing army, these missionaries are
moving toward the centre, and closing
in upon the last strongholds of heathen-
ism and the slave trade. Hundreds of
natives in the seminaries are preparing
to labor as preachers or teachers, and
thousands of children are receiving
Christian instruction. 1t is said that
the Scriptures have been translated, in
whole or in part, into sixty-six of the
dialects Of Africa, while the whole Bible
has been rendered into eleven languages,
spoken by multitudes of natives.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

Acting Secretary Muldrow, Of the in
terror department, recently rendered a
decisiQp, according to married women
the right to enter and purchase timber
and stone lands, under the law governing
the sale of such lands, in the States of
Mississippi, Louisiana, California, Nevada,
Oregon and Washington Territory.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
How to Clean Lace.

Fill bottle with cold water; draw
stocking tightly over it, securing both
ends firmly. Place the lace smoothly
over the stocking and tack closely. Put
the bottle in Kettle of cold water con-
tanning few shavings of soap, and place
over the fire to boil Rinse in several
waters and then drain and dry. When
dry remove and place smoothly in large
book and press with weights. Very nice
lace can be made to look new by this pro-
cess.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

Mrs. Beecher seems unable, since her
husbands death, to remain long away
from Brooklyn. Her white and pathet.
ically composed face is seen among the
Plymouth parishioners every few weeks,
though nominally she is spending the
season at Stamford.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
A RasnhnlI TrngedY.

He left his home by the ligh a day,
With a base n nine he had Jnised 10 play,
Aud ne donned his suit of fine array,
He knew he would win. he felt 80 Coy,
All thoughts OF ill-luck he would throttle.
He came back home az tn dea of night,
He was ali ''buagedn up. IN a terrible pi.gati
His broken bones were a fe lrful s!ght,
And he pitche his voice with All his might
Gosh Wh so tiiat Gln'ct totte.
~ fidtl- al s. S1fl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

An experienced barber says that il is
decidedly dangerous for men who are
being shaved to read newspapers; that
BARRIERS are opposed to the practice, be-
cause the razor is held very lightly, and
the newspaper is apt to strike the handle
and cause cut.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07

There is a standing prize, TO be
awarded by the Academy of Sciences,
Paris, to whoever shall find an efficacious
remedy for Asiatic cholera, or shall dis
coyer tho cause Of this terrible scourge.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
THE DEAD SUMMER.

What lacks the summer,
Not roses blowing,
Nor tall white lilies with fragrance rife,
Nor green things gay with the bliss Of grow
ing,
Nor glad things drunk with the wine of life,
Nor flushing Of clouds in blue skies shining,
Nor soft wind murmurs 10 rise and fall,
Nor birds for singing, nor vines for twining-
Three little buds miss, no more,
That blossomed last year at my garden
door
And that is all.
What lacks the summerf
Not waves CULVER
With arrows OF light from the hand Of
dawn,
Nor dropping Of boughs by the dimpling
river,
Nor nodding Of grass on the windy lawn,
Nor tides unswept upon silver beaches,
Nor rustic Of leaves on treetops tall,
Nor dabble Of shade in the woodland reaches
Life pulses gladly on vale and hill,
But three little hearts that l love are
still
And that is ALL
What lacks the summeri
Oh, light and SAVIOR,
And message of healing the'worid above!
Gone is the old-time strength and flavor,
Gone is its old-time peace and lovel
Gone is the bloom OF the shimmering
meadows,
Music Of birds as they sweep and fall
All the great world is dim with shadow,
Because no longer mine eyes can see
The eyes that made summer and life for
me-
And that is ALL
Boston Traveller
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-09-07
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